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iran is already involved in the conflict. i think we're kidding ourselves from that standpoint. i think the administration took their eye off the ball. i think that they wanted a political narrative that we were out of iraq going into 2012 election, and i think that without any residual forces there to have influence over the government and iraq, i think it destabilizes the country, so i think, again, i think we have got to -- prior to putting forces in, we have to have reconciliation. >> congressman, we appreciate the your time, thank you for joining, representative coffman live from capitol hill. thank you. >> thank you. >>> dow's up 31. hey, morgan. >> check out coach, trading at four-year lows, underweight rating on the stock, lowering to $29 from $36 a share, this pohl following the analyst meeting yesterday saying it would take a 250 million to $300 million charge to close 70 stores in america. right now, coach is trading down more than 2 .5%, and right now, the stock is down nearly 40%. carl, back to you. >> morgan, thank you so much. it was a $2.4 billion bet, but a seco
iran is already involved in the conflict. i think we're kidding ourselves from that standpoint. i think the administration took their eye off the ball. i think that they wanted a political narrative that we were out of iraq going into 2012 election, and i think that without any residual forces there to have influence over the government and iraq, i think it destabilizes the country, so i think, again, i think we have got to -- prior to putting forces in, we have to have reconciliation. >>...
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the other being iran. even when we had more than a hundred thousand troops on the ground, we couldn't get the iraqis to do many of the things we wanted, so we shouldn't kid ourselves, a degree of influence is something that's far, far short of control, and i think we've got to accept the fact iraq will be a deeply flawed place, resistant to american treaties no matter what military involvement we have. what's going on in congress, i don't think will affect the basics when it comes to this kind of a crisis under the american constitution and political system. the executive, the president, draws tremendous latitude to either act or not to act. >> speaking of rich, rich, you know, everyone drawing lessons, families saying, families of veterans saying it was not worth the effort, others saying the crime was not doing enough for long enough. where is your head? who is right? >> i actually think two administrations were ill-advised on what it was they did. i think the bush administration tried to do too much. th
the other being iran. even when we had more than a hundred thousand troops on the ground, we couldn't get the iraqis to do many of the things we wanted, so we shouldn't kid ourselves, a degree of influence is something that's far, far short of control, and i think we've got to accept the fact iraq will be a deeply flawed place, resistant to american treaties no matter what military involvement we have. what's going on in congress, i don't think will affect the basics when it comes to this kind...
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tame, neighboring iran, the president of the iran made a speech in a packed stadium today announcing iran will spare no effort in protecting sacred sites. the rebels are sunni saying, quote, the great iranian nation will spare no effort in protecting these sacred sites. at the same time, iraq's counterterrorism troops fanned out across the capital city of baghdad today, heavily armed, wearing masks, check points checking vehicles, and u.s. special operation forces began a month of counterterrorism training for a group of iraqi military troops this past monday. they are doing it in nearby jordan. a lot of developments here. simon, waiting to hear from comes out of the meeting today. back to you. >> thank you very much, stay safe. on the ground in iraq this afternoon. >>> for reaction now on the latest events, let's turn to the military analyst, general, welcome back to the program. >> good to be with you. would you agree with jay carney, the white house spokesman, summing up where the president is? saying the president has been clear this is not primarily a military challenge. it rest
tame, neighboring iran, the president of the iran made a speech in a packed stadium today announcing iran will spare no effort in protecting sacred sites. the rebels are sunni saying, quote, the great iranian nation will spare no effort in protecting these sacred sites. at the same time, iraq's counterterrorism troops fanned out across the capital city of baghdad today, heavily armed, wearing masks, check points checking vehicles, and u.s. special operation forces began a month of...
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iran wants an iraq that's controlled and dominated by iran. as part of a shia crescent it dominates from iraq, iran, syria to lebanon. that's not what we want. we want a stable, multi sectarian iraq. we are not after the same things in iraq. there may be at this point a marriage of convenience with respect to some short-term goals. >> we have tried to get malaki in the past to be more inclusive. he's gone the other direction. there are no signs he's entertaining reaching out to the sunnis in any significant way. what do we do if he continues to go the route he seems to be going? >> he will only change if he feels he has to. this is now a chi sis. i think it threatens his survival. we have to use the leverage to its full extent together with others miss the region. others that have a stake in this to put as much pressure on -- >> sandy, that's in practice a very dangerous game to play. are you suggesting the united states plays a game of chicken with him? that we wait and wait until he'll fall and fall and maybe at the last minute he'll return?
iran wants an iraq that's controlled and dominated by iran. as part of a shia crescent it dominates from iraq, iran, syria to lebanon. that's not what we want. we want a stable, multi sectarian iraq. we are not after the same things in iraq. there may be at this point a marriage of convenience with respect to some short-term goals. >> we have tried to get malaki in the past to be more inclusive. he's gone the other direction. there are no signs he's entertaining reaching out to the sunnis...
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or at least sit down with iran to discuss this, to fight the common enemy here? >> well, iran is a huge problem, and part on the way of developing a nuclear weapon and negotiations we're engaged in with them are not going to slow them down, if at all. we're likely to give up on some of our sanction. remember occasionally you are to work with people you don't want to work with in order to defeat the hitler and japanese and we had to be a partner of josef stalin's and a lot of people didn't want to but we needed him. i hope we don't need the iranians because i think they are craftier than s stchlt alin was. >> jim woolsey. >> a big deal of the morning, medtronic agreeing to acquire ireland-based covidien about $43 billion in cash and stock the consideration. medtronic shares up bit. covidien shares up a lot. meg? >> david, that's right. seeing both companies rising today. people seem to like the deal. 93.22 medtronic is paying for covidien 29% premium to covidien's friday closing share price. medtronic will be able to reincorporate in ireland, take advantage of 12.
or at least sit down with iran to discuss this, to fight the common enemy here? >> well, iran is a huge problem, and part on the way of developing a nuclear weapon and negotiations we're engaged in with them are not going to slow them down, if at all. we're likely to give up on some of our sanction. remember occasionally you are to work with people you don't want to work with in order to defeat the hitler and japanese and we had to be a partner of josef stalin's and a lot of people didn't...
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he's going to get a lot of support out of iran. all across the middle east, syria, lebanon, iraq, you're seeing these artificial entities from post world war i are separating along religious and ethnic lines. holding together these nation states is a tough call unless it's done by the brutality of assad and syria and saddam husain in iraq. i think we're seeing the creation of a new order. and i doubt that we can reverse that with infectal employment of small amounts of military power. by the way, the administration has a problem. that thing in syria was threatening -- military strike. >> hang on, general. while you're projecting the next ten years, let's not forget the last ten years. on the allies for what is happening here, you might not have liked saddam husain, but it was stable. we went in, we destroyed the stability and then we pulled out, leaving shari law. surely the allies are culpable for the results that we're now witnessing. >> no, i don't think so. by the stability of iraq, a seven-year bloody million debt war with ira
he's going to get a lot of support out of iran. all across the middle east, syria, lebanon, iraq, you're seeing these artificial entities from post world war i are separating along religious and ethnic lines. holding together these nation states is a tough call unless it's done by the brutality of assad and syria and saddam husain in iraq. i think we're seeing the creation of a new order. and i doubt that we can reverse that with infectal employment of small amounts of military power. by the...